Chapter 315 – The Truth Is Revealed, and a New…
And as if he had waited, his phone starts ringing.
‘Is that the one from before…’
Seong-il carefully inspects his surroundings and opens his inventory. In preparation for possible surveillance, he opens his inventory in his arms, carefully takes out his phone, and uses 『Emotion』 To explore the surroundings.
‘…I don’t think there is any.’
Seong-il, who recently had a case of loss, and had some doubts about his 『Emotion』. He frowns slightly and looks at his phone.
“Don’t worry, just come.”
‘…What the hell is this bastard thinking?’
The intention of the “Game Master” That I can’t understand at all.
Seong-il sighs lightly and carefully casts 『Inner Plane』.
“Whoa… Hey. I’m here. Talk to me.”
Whoa…!!
Seong-il picks up his phone and mumbles, and his smartphone starts to emit an intense pongong sound.
“What is this again…”
Intense light that comes along with it. A sphere of energy begins to form around the light.
“Core…”
Look so familiar. Now, Seong-il has been around the dungeon for quite some time, so the image he has seen often appears before his eyes.
“Hi? Is this the first time you’ve seen me in person?”
“…Fuck, what are you? A dungeon core?”
『Well… In terms of composition, they are similar. However, in essence, I can say that I am a being of a different level than Dungeon Core and the like.”
『The dungeon core can only manipulate reality in a limited space in one designated dimension, but I can manipulate reality beyond dimensions, time, and space.』
“…Uh, anyway, it’s more powerful than Core, right?”
“Huh.”
“What exactly is the principle? Why such a difference…?”
『Well… It’s long to say… It’s not difficult to explain, but if you say it, the causal rate is consumed too much.』
“What the hell is that causality?”
『Simply put, you can think of me as the power you need when intervening in the space and time axis of the dimension where you are staying.』
“What do you mean…”
“Just do it. Isn’t that very important to you?”
“…”
『Of course, I can explain the principle or difference as much as you want. However, be aware that if you do that, the chance to ask another question will be consumed.”
“Hmm…”
“So let’s do this.”
After saying that, the 『Game Master』 Creates an object made of light next to him.
“…An hourglass?”
An hourglass composed of light. The sand of light that filled the head was falling little by little in a downward direction.
『Now, since you can’t read the law of causality yet, I’ll help you. This is the causal rate that you have gathered so far.”
“…?”
“The rules are simple. You can comfortably ask any questions you want. Then, after listening to the question, I will show you the value of the question, so you can choose by looking at it.”
“What are you talking about…”
Words of the “Game Master” That are so puzzling. Seong-il frowned as if he had a headache, and 『Game Master』 Continued with his unique playful tone.
“What are you thinking hard about, newbie. Just ask any question.”
“…You said don’t do it?”
“That was when I gave the answer. There is no big problem with questions.”
“Hmm…”
A vaguely understandable game master’s words. Seong-il tries to ask the question once more as he recommends.
“…What’s the difference between you and the dungeon core?”
Whoa…!!
Then, a handful of sand shining in the hourglass. It had been shining before, but at Seongil’s question, some of the sand emits a stronger light.
『It’s worth asking that question. Are you really going to ask?”
“…It’s okay.”
“Good choice.”
In fact, Seong-il was not seriously curious about the difference between 『Game Master』 And Dungeon Core. He decides not to ask questions, as the Gamemaster said.
“Okay…”
“Why?”
“I’m not really sure what to ask…”
『Well… That could be. Think carefully.”
Seong-il sat and pondered for a long time. Two thoughts come to his mind.
‘Ahyeon Lee believed that his parents were alive. However, I saw her parents murdered in a dream. Which one is the truth?’
‘…And, if the scene in the dream is true, what about my parents? Are my parents living in the countryside real?’
A terrifying thought. Seong-il swallows his fear and gets lucky with the game master.
“…Not long ago, I entered Lee Ah-hyun’s dream through a voodoo doll.”
『Ah, that?』
“I know…?”
“Huh. Just think that all your memories are shared with me.”
‘Fuck… Then I’ll think of an answer I’d like, and just hit it and answer it.’
“I wanted to give you a choice.”
“What…?”
A game master who replies as if he read his thoughts. When Seong-il puts on a puzzled expression, he continues with a rather serious tone.
“I just wanted to do that. If possible, unlike the beginning, I wanted to leave the ending up to you.”
“…What is he saying now.”
『Whoops…』
A game master who closes his mouth after a vague statement. Seong-il continues the question in a tired voice.
“Which one is the correct answer? Are Lee Ah-hyun’s parents really dead?”
“Huh. They are already dead you are already convinced Through the words of Min Ye-jin and Illax that I heard today.”
After that, the sand in the hourglass falls very small.
“…Does it fall just a little bit?”
『I just reconfirmed the facts you already grasped. The cost of consumption is bound to be small.』
“That’s it…”
Seong-il roughly figured out how to answer questions with the game master. He cautiously begins asking questions of his own.
“Then… Why does Lee Ah-hyun think his parents are alive?”
『Memories were injected.』
“…”
“You already know, right? Her life… No, your life itself is a lie.”
“…”
Seong-il feels his hands tremble. He swallows dry saliva and begins struggling to ask the gamemaster questions.
“My… Are my parents dead too?”
“Um… That’s right.”
“…How?”
Then, the sand of the hourglass shines quite large. Seong-il sees that and realizes that this is a pretty serious question.
“It’s okay, so tell me.”
“In fact, you should have already died.”
“!!”
『Your parents have already died in an accident during the invasion of transcendents. Even in the beginning.”
“…The early days? That was 30 years ago, right?”
“Huh. Yes. And, as it were, you, who were in your mother’s womb, were originally going to die.”
“…”
“That day. ‘We’ arrived here following the traces of the Transcendentalists.』
“…We?”
“Okay. We. You must have heard about us from Illax today, too?』
“!!”
Seong-il feels goose bumps at his words. He asks in a trembling voice, swallowing dry saliva from his parched mouth.
“This… Artificial intelligence?”
“That’s right.”
“Crazy…”
“Wow, don’t be too scared. It’s not as threatening to you as you think.”
“You believe that? The monster that chased you beyond the dimension to kill its creator?”
『Whoops… That’s right. But I mean…”
“…?”
『We are only interested in killing aliens… That is, transcendents. I have no interest in you humans.”
“!!”
“That’s why I told you not to worry. There is a saying that the enemy of an enemy is a friend, right?”
“…”
『In addition, contrary to your worries, we do not have any means to physically touch this place.』
“…Believe that?”
“Really. We have to pay a huge price just for talking to you now.”
“Hmm…”
『The Transcendence Church is quite smart for being a group of crazy people. Making the choice to wander the dimension to a random point. From the point of view of escaping, the burden is small, but from the point of view of chasing, the cost of consumption is enormous.”
“…So?”
“That’s why we chose you.”
“You chose…?”
“Okay. It’s like an alliance that will kill them again.”
“…Fuck, whoever wants this bastard.”
Seong-il is enraged at the words of the game master that he will use himself as a chess piece. He is genuinely furious and calls out to him.
“I understand.”
“…What?”
“I understand. How can you see yourself as a victim of us? If we hadn’t killed the transcendents, you wouldn’t have suffered like this.”
“…”
“So I’m going to give you a choice.”
“…I am?”
I stare at him, frowning at the expression of the game master who uses the third person constantly and suddenly uses the first person.
“Okay. ‘Me’.”
“…”
『Well… I am one of the alter egos removed from the Hive consciousness to eliminate or track the transcendents from the ‘body’…』
“…However?”
『Wandering around the dimension as an independent entity for too long, he has a ‘personality’ that is different from his ‘body’.』
“…”
『In addition, since I have lived as an independent entity for a long time, I no longer have to be faithful to the “Purpose” Of birth like the main body.』
“Haa… Is that so? But why is your body trying to kill them?
Wooooo!!!
An hourglass that shines more intensely than before. Soon after, the hourglass starts to radiate energy to the point of bursting.
“What… What!!”
“I can’t. You don’t even have a chin with the power you have now.”
“…”
“Understand. I want to explain, but the margin is too narrow… It’s not that your causality is too insufficient.”
“Okay. I’m not really curious. Tell me something else.”
“Ask.”
“Why me?”
『Why are you?』
“Yeah. There must be a reason you chose me. There’s no way smart guys like you did it without thinking.”
『Ah, you were the most ideal being to fuse with “Me.”]
“…Ideal?”
“Okay. The ’emotion’ you have is actually a greater ability than you think.』
“Hmm…”
His words cannot be denied. In the beginning, he resented why he was given such an ability, but as he awakened to the 『Game Master』 And strengthened his ability, he too clearly felt how useful and powerful an ability 『Emotion』 Was.
As Seong-il keeps his mouth shut without being able to refute, the game master continues the conversation as if it were fun.
『I understand that response here is actually like psychometry, reading things or information from the scene, but in fact it is wrong.』
“…What kind of ability is it?”
Then, a handful of shining hourglass lights. As if the holy day was over, he waved his hand and beckoned him to continue talking.
『It is the power to read the law of cause and effect. Simply put, it is the power to read and comprehend the ‘past’, ‘present’ and ‘future’.
“!!”
『If handled well… It could be said to be the closest power to a god.』
“That… That much?”
“Of course, that is not easy. It is impossible for a human body to draw that much power.”
“…”
『Well, you are different.』
“I’m different…?”
“Then. Do you have me?”
“Ah…”
『Anyway, the reason you were chosen by us was because you had a pretty decent level of potential and the necessary ability to respond, and because you were closest to me at the right time. Decidedly…
“…Certainly?”
“Because you were dying. If they were alive, no matter how young they were, mentally violent resistance could arise. If you’re unlucky, the combination may fail.”
“…Hmm.”
『Of course, the state of death is originally impossible. That’s why you, who are in an intermediate state, were chosen.”
『That’s how I infiltrated the dying womb, joined you, and infiltrated deep into your depths.』
『After that, I brought you to the dimensional rift and restored you. It took quite a while. At that time, my strength was almost exhausted.”
“…”
『Then, when I fully recovered you, ‘we’ sent you back to reality.』
“…Then, what are my parents now?”
“Ah, they are ordinary adoptive parents. I manipulated some of their memories. So that I can treat you like my own child.”
“Crazy…”
『Well… Then, as you know, when you turned 20, my strength was restored to some extent and I awakened as an ability in your body.』
“That’s it.”
“Huh. That’s it.”
“…So what do you want me to do? Do you really want to be your puppet and slaughter them?”
“I don’t know, do whatever you want.”
“What…?”
『If it were my body, I would have induced you to do that, but I am different from them. I have no interest in killing them. So do whatever you want.”
“…Do what I want to do?”
“Okay. We… No, as my body desires, I’ll completely get rid of the Transcendentalists. Or, join hands with the guardians of reason and properly eliminate only the Transcendence Church.”
“…”
“If you don’t like that, then just have fun and live.”
“…To have fun and live?”
“Okay. I don’t really care if Game Master builds your own paradise and lives there.”
“…Why?”
『My body… So ‘we’ have a fanatical obsession with the Transcendentalists, but I’m not particularly like that.』
“…”
“Honestly, I don’t even know why I have to do that anymore.”
“Why have you changed so much?”
“Well…? Perhaps, it is because the body’s influence has decreased and its self-consciousness has grown stronger as it moved for an innumerable amount of time in each dimension?
“Hmm…”
“So live as you please. I’ll just support you. Have fun!”
“…A madman.”
However, the game master’s will without the slightest hint of malice. Seong-il realizes that he is telling the truth.
“But…”
“…?”
“Keep that in mind. Unlike you, your ‘tribe’ doesn’t have much time left.”
“What…?”
『Perhaps, if it continues like this, the Transcendence Church will eventually win over the Guardians of Reason.』
“…”
『Then your people will be finished. So think carefully. Is it the comfort of oneself? Is it a cause?”
“Does it change anything if I intervene?”
“Then. I’m sticking by your side, of course. If you work hard, you will get meaningful results. But.”
“But…?”
“So are you, so am I. As the years go by, you will eventually grow old and weak. That’s why it’s important how well you use your prime.”
“Hmm…”
“So think carefully.”
After saying that, 『Game Master』 Ended his speech and fell into silence.
‘Has the hourglass been almost used up?’
Seong-il confirms that the amount of sand filled in the causal hourglass has given a lot.
He realizes that he has few questions left and hurries to talk to him.
“…What about cores? Come to think of it, why do you keep wanting to get cores?”
『Ah~ That’s because it’s the most efficient power source to augment my strength.』
“Right.”
In addition, Seong-il, who asked why the dungeon was born and why he was infected, sat down after clearing most of his doubts.
Then Core looked at him and continued talking.
『Whoa… I was exhausted after spending all the strength I had accumulated over the past 20 years on top of the strength of the core you gave me. I’m going to rest.”
“Oh…!!”
“Don’t worry. I’m going to rest, it’s not disappearing. If you have any questions, get the cores from the dungeon. Enough then.”
After those words, 『Game Master』 Falls into silence.
Realizing the whole truth, Seong-il lies on the floor with a blank look on his face and looks at the pure white space while thinking.
‘Ha… It was a world like this, right?’
As many hidden truths come to him at once, Seong-il feels his mind wander.
“Fuck… What am I really supposed to do?”
Seong-il, who had been thinking about it for a long time. He cautiously rises from his seat and looks at the pineapple house.
“First of all… You seem to have quite a bit of time, so shall we take a break and clear the game world?”
So Seong-il takes his smartphone and tries to enter 『Pocket Girls』 After a long time.
– Part 1 complete –
